Phone case

The same evening as I made the pouch for my camera I also made this little phone case. Fun and so quick. I'd like to make some more for friends. Hope you have a cheerful start to your week.

 

 

 

Stitched pouch

I made a little pouch for my new camera.

A couple of weekends ago I went to Paris and I bought some Liberty bias binding.

I had just the job for it.
 

 

I lined the pouch with shibori dyed fabric, which the lovely Joanie had given me.

And then quilted it by tying threads.

 

 

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It feels a little funny blogging after so long away. I'm unsure what to say or do. Kind of like opening an old sketchbook with lots of blank pages. Pages I want to fill, but unsure how to make them flow from the previous ones. As time has passed the experiences I've had have brought new creative ideas to the surface. But it's been a while so it may take some time to find my words, like old friends bumping into each other in the street, you know?

 

I've been crafting

I've been crafting.

I made a pizza pencil case for someone who really likes pizza and drawing.

 

 

 

 

Also, thank you for the welcoming comments on my last post. It was nice to hear.

 

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A place for trinkets

The other weekend I made this little 'dish' for trinkets. I figure someone might like to put their jewellery in it on their bedside cabinet. I'll put it in the shop once I've made some more items.

I hope each of you os having a good week and thank you for stopping by.

New stitches

Over Christmas I had time to try out some new crafts. I did some knitting (which I never normally do), woodwork (which I never normally do) and I tried this craft which I learnt years ago. I've forgotten the name of it but it involves creating a 3D piece through blanket stitches on a piece of fabric. I made seaweed to attach to shells and over the weekend I started playing around, working out which shells to attach it to.

Hope your week is a cheerful one. See you soon. x

Handmade Christmas: Pot holders

This is the green set of oven mitts and pot holders which I mentioned. I had hoped to make all the pot holders in the star quilt style but that was the first bit of 'proper' quilting I've done and it took longer than I expected. I had to just revert back to my usual 'casual' style patchwork. I was happy with how it all looked. See how one of the fabrics is a detailed map? I love that fabric.

Homemade Christmas: Shopper bag

A few months back my mum told me she'd lost here shopping bag so she needed a bag which folds up flat in her handbag. Voila!

Handmade Christmas: Hot water bottle cover

From the collection of fabrics I've been printing recently I made a patchwork hot water bottle cover for my good friend Joseph. The photos aren't good quality as it went dark by the time I finished it. This was a project which involved lots of swear words. After making the entire thing I realised the hot water bottle didn't fit! Lots of cutting, mumbling and re-sewing made everything alright.

Handmade Christmas: Photo Album

My parent recently went on a trip to New Zealand so I made my Dad a photo album using all different papers. The cover was from an old album I picked up years ago and then I changed the pages. I painted a design on the first page with pictures of the wildlife they saw on their trip.

Handmade Christmas: Oven mitts

I hope you had a happy and enjoyable day with your loved ones yesterday. My day was spent with my family and consisited of eating, drinking, lots of excited present opening by little ones and a little woodwork in the garage, you know for some quiet time : )

I managed to make most Christmas presents for family and friends this year and those which I did buy where mostly from Sonia's or Melissa's shops. So I was happy and looking forward to giving them out on Christmas day. Over the next week I'll show a present each day which I made. I'll start with the pot holders and oven mitts I made for my brother and his wife. I loved making these and made another set in green for my other brother and his wife. What presents did you make this year?

Colour wall

That's how we spell colour in England, I haven't spelt it wrong, even though I know spelling isn't my strongest point. Anyhoooow, remember a while ago I said I'd been painting my bedroom wall and I'd show you when I finished. Well I haven't finished it. So I figured I'd just show you anyway. I haven't finished it because I'm not quite sure I like it. I may paint over it and do a different pattern (like the patterns I've been working on recently). Even so I still think it's fun and colourful. Hope your week started well yesterday. I had yoga which is always a positive.